March General CBB Discussion Thread

[DRBackup]

Lots of people predicted Miami would lose in their tournament. Saw it coming. I'm guessing they still get into the NCAA Tournament. But 2 teams from the MAC? Some bubble teams just had heart palpitations!

Yes, but I don't think anyone thought they would end up losing in the opening round to a quad 4 team as the conference's #1 seed. I'd say 99% of people expected them to lose to a better Akron team.

 

[Kolumbo]

GMac has (literally) infinitely more coaching experience than Autry, who was not a college head coach before getting hired at Syracuse.

putting aside the math, both GMac and Autry have many years as assistants and 2 or 3 years of head coaching experience. I suppose you mean that Autry had no HC experience when he was hired to coach Syracuse. But he was an assistant at cuse since 2011. GMac was an assistant at cuse from 2099-2024 and then HC at Siena for 2 years. I'd say their experiences are very similar.

 

[aceboon]

Can't see Tony Skinn upgrading after the way George Mason collapsed down the stretch of the season. He seemed like a shoe-in to get a bigger job a month ago when Mason looked like they might be able to get an at-large if they didn't win the automatic bid outright but they completely folded down the stretch.

 

[storrsroars]

Yes, but I don't think anyone thought they would end up losing in the opening round to a quad 4 team as the conference's #1 seed. I'd say 99% of people expected them to lose to a better Akron team.

Lotta pressure on Akron to win the tourney now. If they get upset, I'd think that ensures it's a one bid conference.

 

[Kolumbo]

GMac has (literally) infinitely more coaching experience than Autry, who was not a college head coach before getting hired at Syracuse.

plus GMac was an associate HC under Autry for a year

I wonder how far apart infinite and negative infinite are

 

[shizzle787]

No he's not, he's a Miami guy and went to FIU.

Mea culpa. His wife is.

 

[DRBackup]

Here's how I've always viewed conference tournaments in relation to the NCAA tournament...

The whole idea of an "ideal" bracket is to have the best games possible. Yeah, it kinda stinks for a team in a one bid conference to finish first in the regular season and then lose in the conference tournament. But if the automatic bid from the league is going to be a 13 seed, for instance, you want that team to be playing as well as anyone going into the tournament with a proven chance to be competitive with the 4 seed - well, the team that wins 3 games in 3 days is that team, not the one that spits the bit in the conference tournament.

See, also, Kemba Walker's 11 game winning streak.

That's why seeds move up or down based on conference tournament results, etc.

I mean, there are people on X now clamoring for Belmont to get in instead of teams like Indiana, Auburn, etc. They did the exact opposite getting blown out in the first round as the #1 seed to a 13-20 Drake team. Why on earth would you think Belmont can win or compete in a game in the big tournament after that ?

 

[BugsyCT]

How bad does the MAC have to be for an undefeated team who lost in its conference tourney to now be on the bubble?

 

[navery12]

Kasean Pryor would have been a perfect fit at UConn watching him inbound that ball directly to Miami down 3

 

[thekollieman]

plus GMac was an associate HC under Autry for a year

I wonder how far apart infinite and negative infinite are

I reckon they are infinitely far apart.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Lotta pressure on Akron to win the tourney now. If they get upset, I'd think that ensures it's a one bid conference.

What does Akron's conference tournament performance have to do with Miami?

 

[Chuck]

I'd be careful about that. The "First they Came" poem comes to mind.....

That may be a bit extreme considering what's happening in Michigan, but I get your point. It just doesn't seem right that a terrible MAC team will get in over a last team out who is far from perfect, but is so much more deserving. Maybe it's also that the MAC will have 2 teams and the Big East only one more.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Miami upsets Louisville. Nice. Tennessee comes back and hopefully ends Auburn's season.

 

[NEforceUConn]

Joe Lunardi can kiss my backside. Seton Hall needs to be in.

 

[Lanphoon]

Had Tennessee giving 5.5. They rolled in the second half. Later Auburn.

 

[NEforceUConn]

To complete the clown show distractions, they should have had a striped basketball like the wnba does

That can change colors in the air.

 

[DRBackup]

Had Tennessee giving 5.5. They rolled in the second half. Later Auburn.

Game was pretty funny. For three quarters, it was Tennessee playing badly and letting Auburn get ahead. Then in about 5 minutes, Tennessee started playing and went from down 10 to up 10.

Ament is the real deal, but Auburn's "defense" was awful down the stretch. I loved the sequence where Ament dove off the court to save the ball, his defender stays in the general area, and then he comes back on the court and his defender has no idea what to do and let's him stand there for 5 seconds and line up a wide open three. Like, did you forget you were guarding him ?

 

[JungleLobo]

So am I.

Go BYU. Up 4 at half on Houston.

 

[bendm]

Duke down 1 to FSU at HT

 

[Kolumbo]

UCF 7'2" center John Bol left the Big 12 game clutching his chest

 

[noelle]

as long as scheyer can't design a good offense that doesn't rely on having generational talent running the show duke's ultimate ceiling is limited. they just get bogge down way too much and predictably in clutch moments.

 

[Chonky]

Duke down 1 to FSU at HT

2 seed in the East back on the table.

 

[controlfade]

Duke is still getting a 1 seed even if they lose this game

 

[Chonky]

2 seed in the East back on the table.

Nvm

 

[aceboon]

FSU had a shot at the end to win it, Duke wins by 1